On February 19th, at the student-organized Bioinformatics Open Days 2020, hosted by the University of Minho, BioData.pt held the workshop "Single-cell RNA-Seq analysis using a Seurat based graphical interface".

A student-led initiative hosted by the University of Minho, Bioinformatics Open Days 2020 was a meeting ground for experts in Bioinformatics to come together and meet with students and other experts. BioData.pt participated extensively in the event, sharing its knowledge and expertise between students and other bioinformaticians. BioData contributed extensively to this event, with our contributions detailed below.

The BioData.pt joined the 3rd day of the Bioinformatics Open Days with some poster’s presentation about some of the latest works in this infrastructure. Some of the Biodata.pt researchers had the opportunity to present their work and participate in BOD activities during the day in the scope of the theme Research in Bioinformatics.

In the scope of Bioinformatics Open Days, the BioData.pt organized a Special Session about the distributed Portuguese Infrastructure of Biological Data, which serves the national scientific system in its strategies and research programs.

As part of its communication plan, members of the Elixir Portuguese Node were present at the Bioinformatics Open Days in Braga.

Pedro Fernandes presented an overview on ELIXIR PT, whilst Bruno Costa and João Cardoso promoted the registration of community services in bio.tools.